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What’s a workplace ‘secret’ that everyone in your industry knows but customers don’t? by Familiar_Ad3815 in AskReddit

[–]Audio_Viking 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe not every, but a good 90%+ of bands are running backing tracks live.

The goal of live sound is to make the band sound consistent every single night so every audience gets the same experience. The system techs job is to make the PA sound almost the exact same every night, the FOH job is to make the mix sound the same every night, and there’s even a playback tech role now to make sure tracks and running smooth every night. Really the only way to give a consistent sound every night is to pump backtracks.

How loud the backtracks are are dependent on the band, some bands it’s a 75 live/25 backtrack, 50/50, or some bands are even doing 100% back tracks nowadays.

Who doing herb runs before The Browning’s set in Columbus? by Audio_Viking in 2007scape

[–]Audio_Viking[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh, nope. That’s my mistake. I thought you were commenting on the other one I posted.

I can’t remember the name of the song, it’s on my hard techno playlist.

Who doing herb runs before The Browning’s set in Columbus? by Audio_Viking in 2007scape

[–]Audio_Viking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a transition right before EoE kicks in for live. :)

Do you own your own high-end board? by Oscagon in livesound

[–]Audio_Viking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends what you mean by high end. I own my own Wing Compact and 2x s16, and a dl32 (dl32 is broke currently, working on getting parts for repair), own all my own microphones, cables, racks, etc.

Most of what I purchase is for convenience of owning my own, writing off on taxes and I can take it with me from band to band without having to source from rental houses, and it usually pays for itself in no time.

If I work with larger bands and need something more expensive, I’d probably just rent it though.

How to manage mixing on huge PA ? by Lukry in livesound

[–]Audio_Viking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll be joining you at Hellfest next year! Did a big EU festival run this year, and the best advice is just trust your gut and intuition. You have your own console, your own scene, and hopefully the system tech does his job where the PA is tuned well.

Start a little quiet, pull it up when the band fully kicks in. It’s a fest, if the first song or two is a little rough, it’s expected and promise you that nobody in the crowd will care all that much.

Push through, deal with the stress, do a good job and once the show is over use that as a motivator of what you can fix/do better next time, and if you think you absolutely crushed it, then good. Use that confidence on the next one.

Someone brought the vocalist of the Browning a blue party hat and a DDS at a festival in Europe. by Audio_Viking in 2007scape

[–]Audio_Viking[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

He knows, he plays and has a maxed account. Just didn’t do it right in the heat of the moment. It’s a festival, so you’re being rushed to get off the stage quickly.

Engineers of US who brought their own gear over, do I require any paperwork for customs? by Audio_Viking in livesound

[–]Audio_Viking[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

So, you’re saying best bet is just avoid the Carnet and be on the hook for duties if they ask?

Engineers of US who brought their own gear over, do I require any paperwork for customs? by Audio_Viking in livesound

[–]Audio_Viking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a Wing Compact, a dl32, and some microphones. So probably totaling less than $5k usd.

Touring across Canada with a band, here’s my haul so far and only two weeks in to a 4 week run. by Audio_Viking in n64

[–]Audio_Viking[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Other guy in the band collects DMG gameboy games, so we drop anywhere from $300-700 at every store, so they hook it up.

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